Is ‘Fringe’ the next ‘Lost’?

With the pilot episode shot in Toronto and approximately $10 million dollars invested on the pilot alone, Fox’s ‘Fringe’ has the financial backing for it to be television’s next big hit.  Fox and JJ Abrams look to take advantage of what most critics are calling a soft Fall season for new shows premiering this Fall.

The pilot was never released by Fox/JJ Abrams with fear that it would leak onto the web.  However, we got the opportunity to view the pilot here at PHD.  The pilot was suspenseful and kept you entertained, if I could explain it to those whom have not seen the pilot, I would describe ‘Fringe’ as “X-Files meets Lost”.  I think J.J Abrams and the folks at Fox only hope Fringe can become half the cult hit that X-Files was…

Only time will tell.

Here are 2 articles/perspectives from today’s Toronto Sun and Toronto Star…. 

From left, John Noble, Anna Torv, Jasika Nicole and Vancouver expat Joshua Jackson are on the trail of a biological terrorist threat in Fox drama Fringe.

Leaked on the Internet and popular with critics, Fox drama could be next cult phenomenon

See the entire Toronto Star  article at http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/Television/article/460219

See the Toronto Sun article at:

http://www.torontosun.com/Entertainment/Television/2008/07/15/6160466-sun.html

Gino Di Giulio

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